this reached top stories on our fears of foreign intervention in violence torn libya where the capture of british soldiers helped raise the foreign presence in the region. think we'd be in iraq if their major export there was broccoli experts say it's not a concern for libya's people but interest in oil that's fueling some west to me actions to the rest of the us economy already suffering from soaring prices at the pump. we are in an information war and we are losing that war. and ask for extra funds to spread the us media message of broad as a growing number of people turn to other countries news outlets to get a fresh view on world events. but also this hour russia's law enforcement about to

get a major overhaul starting with the dramatic branding of the service strives to improve its reputation let me question whether the much trumpeted reform will go beyond the paper work and cosmetics. with a look back at the week's main stories and the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow and first to libya where british soldiers were released after being seized by anti gadhafi forces more western warships some planes moved closer to the country at least six special services soldiers were in the eastern part of the country escorting a diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels the opposition leadership said they were outraged by the incident seeing it as a foreign intervention into libya's internal affairs this comes as the country slips closer to civil war with the fighting intensifying with reports of strikes

and heavy weaponry. as more. on saturday the libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the towns he's lost in the past eighteen days of fighting there were some seventy people killed those are the latest reports we're receiving and more than three hundred people injured with reports of it strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is descending into civil war now many of the media in europe and in the united states has been supporting the rebels there have been editorials in major american and european newspapers actually calling on the west to support the rebels and attack gadhafi the latest word we hearing is that the western media is trying to portray gadhafi forces as a losing and the opposition forces as winning but as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand there also analysts who are pushing forward in the opinion of the western media is so anti gadhafi because

he has taken such a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries relations word from the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to deploy its forces within twenty four hours it says of these forces will be used for humanitarian and evacuation purposes and not for any kind of military intervention the latest word we have from the u.s. is that its two warships have a lift crease and according to a statement they issued they are part of the military buildup around libya now they also know that france or the united kingdom are putting pressure on the united nations security council to make a decision on a no fly zone. and the war activists carol turner told r.t. the possible intervention could leave libya into even more disastrous position. i'm extremely rare it could be a foreign intervention led by the united states and britain i think it's very

difficult for them but on the other hand if they feel that there's any opportunity of toppling it's a fee and installing a pro western regime or if on the other hand they think feel that oil interests in africa is the interests are in some way threatened and i think ultimately they won't hold back and particularly concerns about the no fly zone policy that's been discuss the comparison would be what happens in iraq in the ninety ninth his at the end of the gulf war of ninety nine he won the united states and britain and so on and no fly zone the net result was that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed the infrastructure of the country was see nets the result of a no fly zone was not to prevent the cause the humanitarian crisis and it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to see that sort of situation unfolding here population

across the region has made pretty clear in my opinion that although it wants to change regimes it doesn't want foreign intervention you don't need the green politics to work that out for them to understand what's being said of course it doesn't want america and britain back in and peace activist dr james wagner told me earlier that western leaders who supported gadhafi in recent years should be brought to justice. the new liberal agenda that has been followed by many countries and which has led in the end to a kind of civil war all was situation new liberal agenda means selling oil resources to foreign investors and basically. cutting down the spending on any kind of social program that's all part of the logic of all the element of globalization. and your liberal agenda what should happen next.

be nice to see some western leaders who have been in close alliance with colonel gadhafi for the last ten years or at least should be brought to trial. and the trends forecaster gerald celente says it's not support for the libyan people but interest in the country's vast oil fields that's driving us rhetoric and action. the only reason they're interested in libya is about that you oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast. and i guess cocoa was that that you know much of a national priority so they'll try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they are willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs aid so they appear pretty good out there already they talking about no fly zones and they have cockers see is just beyond the belief i mean for example they did has anybody

called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they are for. you know in all of the world is the the western world of calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and in yamin and in egypt are you know they're ok nisha leave them alone but they're calling for gadhafi said why because it's a loyal yet think we'd be in iraq if that major export there was broccoli that's the arab world continues to sink into chaos the cost of all it is jumping to new heights and expose claim that skyrocketing prices in the u.s. of threatening the country's economy and as all of these lower mr discovered the hike in energy costs could see the obama administration come on the front. ok tunisia. egypt. by hurricane. algeria. libya

protest in countries seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the middle east and north africa only raging in or near or your rich countries that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has said prices soaring needing a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outrage americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices you pay for gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an end to the recovery there's no more a reality peak oil expert michael c.

rupert's thing is happening it will hit one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predicted going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. if you will the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to five dollars a gallon for americans as some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration and you know gasoline prices go up and much i for a very long period it could. be your. and your political impact here there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle. east every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the

egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation it was calling for an end to the status quo which means a rise in uncertainty and rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of waiting back up trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to have a lot of success that may not something us from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya or oil reserves are massive under false pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest. it has everything to do with the interest of the us corporate oil. profits either way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely helpless the american people are going for

a very nasty ride and there's no way out of it now but i can tell you the government understands that it's not there in mr r.t. new york. still ahead here the. man who changed the course of history for the u.s.s.r. . i don't agree with people see the telestrator failed it didn't fail it was destructive party looked into the legacy of the soviet union's first and only president mikhail gorbachev who celebrated his eightieth birthday this week. and we explore why the british are wary of an upcoming nationwide census over fears their personal information might end up in the hands of u.s. authorities. stories to come but first hundreds of people flooded the streets of afghanistan's capital to protest over the deaths of nine children killed in a nato air raid last week protesters directed their anger at the u.s. occupation and afghan government demonstrations one of the country's president

hamid karzai has condemnation of the killings protests are continuing despite the u.s. leader minutes officials apologies for civilian casualties is a sensitive issue in afghanistan or over one hundred innocent afghans were killed and nato military operations in recent weeks political activist. explains why the alliance can't cope with its anti terror agenda making matters worse for afghans. it's very difficult to translate these apologies. into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan civilians are the victims of both nato civilian casualties and the terrorists. bombings and with industry targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or at the

hands of two incompetent players one player's name international community and one player is the afghan government and both players are incompetent. and ignorance about the true meaning of hearts and minds the intention of this war was to fight terror but the people of afghanistan have become the victim of terror the united states and coalition forces have to do much better and they have to also hold the afghan side also at a higher standard in this case was the afghan government and the international community are held responsible in their eyes and in the eyes of the people of afghanistan. political activists sultanzoy in kabul talking to r.t. . hillary clinton says the u.s. is losing an information war to foreign media outlets including r.t. this week the secretary of state ask congress for more cash to step up america's efforts to get its message across. has this report war declared the

u.s. is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage of events by the us needs free media we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al-jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back and the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including b.b.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more and more viewers across the world can into various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the thing and sit in part

because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the big there's other information out there there are other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that its point of view is the only point of view who should be the only point of view r.t. presence on you tube is one example almost three hundred million views as opposed to c.n.n. that has around three million archy's constantly growing audience he's already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demand a multi-polar approach to news you know there's no real commitment to the kind of freedom of the universe speech that we really need if we're going to be in a democracy at home and in a you know a community of nations overseas and now the administration is seeking more funding to step up u.s. propaganda efforts of broad during the cold war we did

a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok and enough of that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it last year the head of the agency that manages the us government who are an international broadcasting asked for more money for his department we care allow ourselves to be out communicated by. anime's the list of enemies included question china iran and venezuela walter isaacson the head of the agency which runs wars of america monger other media outlets later backtracked on this statement isaacson's pitch for more funding seemed even more unconvincing considering his agency has a budget of seven hundred fifty million dollars and it's way more than the budget of r t iran's press t.v. and venezuela's tell us we're combining probably money alone can't provide global media clouds water ice and science speech last year send messages to foreign media

exposing shortcomings in the us mainstream but separate think the statement made it will push the us is fighting a global information war and it's also going to stop our reporting from washington r.t. . the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev celebrated his eightieth birthday this week and as a guy who an advocate for peace his name has become symbolic with the end of the cold war there's an inventive not just a warning in one of russia's highest honors seeking to create a more open and prosperous u.s.s.r. his initiatives range from introducing free speech to a massive overhaul of the state's economy it was also famed for his leading role in scrapping the burning wall and the reunification of germany in one thousand nine hundred efforts were awarded with the nobel peace prize then later the soviet union collapsed some critics blame his unfinished reforms for the disorder and turmoil that plagued russia and ninety's while others resent him for destroying the powerhouse that was the u.s.s.r. but despite the criticism the formerly the still says russia was in desperate need

of change. your truth i don't agree with people to the perestroika failed it didn't fail it was disrupted do you railed stocks to perestroika achieved a lot of people realized they had finally got some freedom an opportunity to act inside russia we had democracy free elections and freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything in foreign affairs. to the cold war we normalized our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks or troops there all our units in eastern europe stayed where they work and it wasn't always easy and many things did not work out the way we planned but at the beginning when we made our first mistakes we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confident. and you can catch a full interview with mikhail gorbachev along with many others on our website at

r.t. dot com. the u.k. is preparing for a nationwide census to take place later this month the government says it will help provide the services and resources people need and involvement of a controversial u.s. defense corporation leads many fearing their privacy could be violated at his door and it has this report. it's census time in the u.k. when every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacturer a lot martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds to play on a number of oppressive regimes they also. on the us heavily in the wars they fought

in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he makes lund mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation kuantan of a bay although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office by national statistics which in gauge lockheed martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. i'll dance a process that will be carried out in the u.k. dance will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. and the lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data all data is the property of the and only u.k.e.

you owned companies will have any access to personal census data but it's that last point that's raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it i mean use under any statute. any use by the security intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of troy any use in pursuit of an you community obligation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever the coverage or else is being abolished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secrets terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost their medical records of

tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involvement in the census it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted data from the said says it is used by the government to award grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society the census run by looking at martin raises grave concerns in bresson about ethics and international security if a lot of people boycott this that says it'll make it ineffective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martins pocket any way your average r.t. learned. when after a look at some other major headlines from around the world in our world update several people have been in. it often clashes between police and students in the capital greater than officers own with tear gas and charge the anguish crowds off again to smash the unrest began of the death of a twenty five year old student in the rights and. friends foreign minister has

resigned after opposition up the river of political the nation got from the former national city my heart admitted accepting almost two hundred thousand dollars from a south korean citizen resident in japan from a small but japanese law bans any signals from except the one with an outside is to protect the country from foreign influence his resignation strikes a blow to the problem promised an article on the salt list at my heart as his successor. russian or enforcement was given a much needed make up of this week with public trust in the force sinking to an all time low it's hoped that new reforms in the name change and return it to credibility and its all to the country deserve a report says a lot riding on the overhaul beyond paperwork and cosmetics. a change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these lines force and officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meats here in favor of the more worldly recognisable police for the government it's a first step down

a long road towards modernizing the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception the people stressed of the boys in blue has been dealt a huge blow in recent years it's led to anxiety amongst officers and outrage from knows they're supposed to protect incidents like a supermarket around page by officer leaves to cough to open fire an innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others it's purely cosmetic of the very fact that there were so many accidents with police officers behaving illegally in russia. this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were a concret of the previous legislation as well as called recall the current work the

big question is whether there is the political will. to get it under control the police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up first and he charts of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they evaluate our performance this current owners are really grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seem eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so that it was the work of everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new civic duties all those are included in news and there will be no legal basis for anyone either past interest early to force other changes or a mixed blessing or. b. a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police

is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn that around reexamining staff redesigning uniforms all those changes will take a lot of time to be fully implemented one of the first things to change the signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing. cashiers are not scotch. but you can always find more on a website ality dot com and online right now we russians are celebrating the last day of muslim itself thank you we are filling up before the fast. and see rush is the latest fighter jet put through its paces on its maiden flight. and i'll be back with a recap of the week's headlines in a couple of minutes stay with us life here was this is a party. that

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